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Cristo Rei (other)
Cristo Rei (Portuguese, 'Christ the King') may refer to: *Cristo Rei Administrative Post, Dili municipality, East Timor **Cristo Rei Beach **'' Cristo Rei of Dili'', a statue *Cristo Rei, Lubango, a statue in Angola *Cristo Rei, Madeira, a statue in Caniço, Madeira *Christ the King (Almada), a statue facing Lisbon, in Portugal See also * *Cristo Rey (other) Cristo Rey (Spanish, 'Christ the King') may refer to: Places * Cristo Rey, Cayo, Belize * Cristo Rey, Corozal, Belize * Cristo Rey, Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Education * Colegio Cristo Rey, Asunción, Paraguay * Cris ..., the Spanish equivalent * Christ the King (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ The King
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where the Christ is described as seated at the right hand of God. Many Christian denominations consider the kingly office of Christ to be one of the threefold offices: Christ is a prophet, priest, and king. The title "Christ the King" is also frequently used as a name for churches, schools, seminaries, hospitals, and religious institutes. According to a tradition followed most prominently by the Catholic Church, Mary is given the title of Queen of Heaven. Biblical basis In the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel proclaims to Mary, "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." Outside of the gospels, the First Epistle to Timothy (6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rei Administrative Post
Cristo Rei (Portuguese, 'Christ the King'), officially Cristo Rei Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Dili municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ... is , and its population at the 2010 census was 54,936. References External links * – information page on Ministry of State Administration site Administrative posts of East Timor Dili Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rei Beach
Cristo Rei Beach ( pt, Praia de Cristo Rei, tet, Tasi-ibun Cristo Rei) is a public beach facing the Bay of Dili in the '' suco'' of , East Timor. Etymology The beach takes its name from the colossal '' Cristo Rei of Dili'' statue immediately to its north. Geography Cristo Rei Beach is composed of clean white sand and is about long. It is located at the north eastern end of the Bay of Dili, about from the centre of Dili, capital city of East Timor. On its land side, the beach is surrounded by steep low hills overlaid with '' Eucalyptus alba'' savanna woodland, in which small stands of tropical dry forest are developing.The beach and hills are all part of the Areia Branca no Dolok Oan Important Bird Area. Due to the beach's sheltered position inside the bay, it has only gentle waves. Immediately to the north of the beach are Cape Fatucama and the ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' statue at its peak; the statue is visible from the shoreline, and accessible from the beach's car p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rei Of Dili
The ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' (Christ the King of Dili) statue ( pt, Estátua do Cristo Rei de Díli, tet, Estátua Cristo Rei Dili) is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ situated atop a globe at Cape Fatucama in Dili, East Timor. It is one of East Timor's main tourist attractions. The statue was designed, and its construction supervised, by Mochamad Syailillah, who is better known as "Bolil". It was officially unveiled by President Suharto of Indonesia in 1996 as a gift from the Indonesian Government to the people of Timor Timur, the then Indonesian province. Location The statue, and the globe on which it rests, are mounted on the peak of Cape Fatucama at the end of the Fatucama peninsula. The statue is accessible from the car park at Cristo Rei Beach, on the south side of the cape, inside the Bay of Dili, via a 570-step concrete staircase shaded by trees. From the base of the statue, there are panoramic views back over the bay towards Dili in the south west, out over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rei, Lubango
The Christ the King statue (Portuguese: ''Cristo Rei'') is a Catholic monument and shrine overlooking the city of Lubango in the South of Angola. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), as one of only four in the world. This white marble statue was built in 1957. The monument was designed in the 1950s by Portuguese engineer of Madeira Frazão Sardinha, and is listed as an Angolan World Heritage Site as of April 18, 2014. History The statue was built in 1957, by the ancient settlers of the region of Madeira (Portugal). It was built as a Catholic landmark, but represented colonial interests in various Portuguese countries during the colonial period. Architecture Built on a base of cement and hydraulic lime, at an altitude of two thousand 130 meters above sea level, the monument rests on a foundation of stones, cement and bricks, with two levels to support a ladder to the last, which is more practical view the statue.{{cite web, url=http://www ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rei, Madeira
The Christ the King statue ( pt, Cristo Rei) also known as the Sacred Heart statue, is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Garajau, Madeira. History It is here that non catholic Christians were thrown from the cliffs as only Catholics were allowed to be buried on the island until 1770 when the British Cemetery of Funchal was established for non catholic Christians. The Jewish Cemetery of Funchal was established in 1851. The statue was built in remembrance of the function of the area's history. The statue was built in 1927 and consecrated on October 30, 1927. Financed by the local lawyer Aires de Ornelas and his wife, created by French artists Georges Serraz and Pierre Charles Lenoir. The statue was completed 4 years before Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil. See also * '' Christ the Redeemer'', in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Cristo-Rei in Lisbon, Portugal (28 m) * List of statues of Jesus There are many statues of Jesus, including: Monumental statues * '' Christ the Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ The King (Almada)
The Sanctuary of Christ the King ( pt, Santuário de Cristo Rei) is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking the city of Lisbon situated in Almada, in Portugal. It was inspired by the '' Christ the Redeemer'' statue of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, after the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon visited that monument. The project was inaugurated on 17 May 1959. The giant statue was erected to express gratitude because the Portuguese were spared the direct destructive effects of World War II. History The construction of the Christ the King monument was approved in a Portuguese Episcopate conference, held in Fátima on 20 April 1940, as a plea to God to release Portugal from entering World War II and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the act of consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. However, the idea had originated earlier on a visit of the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in 1934, soon after the inauguration of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristo Rey (other)
Cristo Rey (Spanish, 'Christ the King') may refer to: Places * Cristo Rey, Cayo, Belize * Cristo Rey, Corozal, Belize * Cristo Rey, Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Education * Colegio Cristo Rey, Asunción, Paraguay * Cristo Rey Polytechnic Institute, Valladolid, Spain * Cristo Rey College, Tacna, Peru * Cristo Rey Network, a network of Jesuit schools in the United States :* Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, IL :* Cristo Rey Boston High School, Boston, MA :* Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, Waukegan, IL :* Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School, Lawrence, MA :* Cristo Rey New York High School, New York City :* Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City, MO :* Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento, CA :* Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Baltimore, MD :* Holy Family Cristo Rey High School, Birmingham, AL :* Providence Cristo Rey High School, Indianapolis, IN :* Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis, MN :* Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, Tako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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